Word Summary
thēlys: female
Original Word: θῆλυςTransliteration: thēlys
Phonetic Spelling: (thay'-loos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: female
Meaning: female
Strong's Concordance
female, woman.
From the same as thelazo; female -- female, woman.
see GREEK thelazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2338: θῆλυςθῆλυς,
θηλείᾳ,
θῆλυ (cf.
θηλάζω, at the beginning),
of the female sex;
ἡ θηλείᾳ, a substantive,
a woman, a female:
Romans 1:26f; also
τό θῆλυ,
Matthew 19:4;
Mark 10:6;
Galatians 3:28. (
Genesis 1:27;
Genesis 7:2;
Exodus 1:16, euc.; in Greek writings from
Homer down.)